Test PB Collection: FTE

Knocking Out Noxious Weeds on Rangelands 11/9/2016 Woodland, CA 11/16/2016 Salinas, CA 11/17/2016 Fresno, CA 12/13/2016 Eureka, CA 12/14/2016 Susanville, CA http://www.knockoutweeds.

This just in for Halloween! Ever seen a false black widow spider? Commonly known as the cupboard spider, it's a semi-cosmopolitan spider that's often confused with the "real" black widow spider, known for its powerful venom.

Late bloomers. Late eaters. Monarch butterflies are migrating now, but we're still finding a few caterpillars in our pollinator garden in Vacaville, Calif.

Today was WebGIS and the Geoweb (I know, we could do a whole semester), and rounded up some nice resources. Open Street Map interactions (from Vanessa):Here is Overpass Turbo, the OSM data filtering site. https://overpass-turbo.

Have you ever wondered how climate change affects bees? Honey bees and native bees? You can find out Wednesday, Oct. 12 at a program on "Bees and Climate Change at the Hagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, located on Bee Biology Road, west of the central campus. The event, set from noon to 1:30 p.

From Al Kalin (akalin@hughes.net), local farmer in Imperial Valley: The Imperial Irrigation District (IID) searching for applicants qualified and willing to apply to become IID's new PCA. The current PCA is retiring in December so IID is in a hurry to find someone to fill the position.

We just received this e-mail. Greetings from Cornell University! I'm writing to let you know about a new applied weed ecology position at Cornell (60% research and 40% extension).

The Mexican sunflower (Tithonia) is never alone. It loves company, attracting scores of insect guests, from honey bees to bumble bees to butterflies. We've seen monarchs, Gulf Fritillaries, Western tiger swallowtails, buckeyes, and fiery skippers nectaring on our Mexican sunflowers.

So here's this praying mantis perched on top of a prickly pear cactus. It's early morning and she's hungry. A cabbage white butterfly, looking like a white-gowned princess in a medieval palace, flutters by and pauses on the prickly pear to seek some sunshine. Oops! Fatal mistake.

The latest issue of Farm Advisor's Update is out (Sept. 2016.) Here are the articles in the Sept.